Word: door-to-door
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Scotch Presbyterian to the core, Will Blue does not run his road on Sunday unless "the ox is in the ditch." He was the first Southern railroader to get cotton rates reduced, first North Carolinian to offer door-to-door delivery with trucks. He was also the first railroader to get an RFC loan. Said Jesse Jones: "Will, I'm afraid of short lines, but I'm not afraid of one owned and operated by a bunch of Scottish Presbyterians." Five years later the loan was repaid. Blessed with a non-absentee ownership (the Blues...
...voters will be polled by door-to-door volunteers, a member of the Committee stated last night...
Robust son of a Bloomington, Ill. country doctor, Hubbard quit school at 15, became door-to-door salesman for his cousin (J. Weller & Co., Practical Soaps). Few years later, a dandy in sideburns and tight pants, he had risen to No. 1 U. S. "soap-slinger," become partner of the soap firm of John D. Larkin in Buffalo, N. Y. His supersalesmanship made a household word of Larkin's Creme Oatmeal Soap. He invented the Club Plan, pioneered the premium method of selling (celluloid collar buttons, buttonhooks, "solid silver" spoons, the Chautauqua Lamp...
... latch which needs but to be properly bumped to open, 3) an all-welded chassis (no bolts, no rivets), 4) a clutch-and-gear-shift combination which can be operated with one hand. Capacity of the truck is from 1½ to 3 tons pay load. Use, for door-to-door deliveries. Price, unannounced, probably around...
Mack Trucks, Inc. (first in sales of heavy duty trucks): the new $1,145 Mack "Retailer," snoutless, shaped like a loaf of bread, 1½-ton pay load, for door-to-door work. The Mack line has 24 standard models at prices from $675 for 1-ton chassis to some $18,000 for 60-ton; others to order. Mack's boast: 72.9% of Mack trucks sold since 1929 are still in service...